Baker’s yeast UMP:pyrophosphate phosphoribosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.9) has been extensively purified and the final preparation seemed to be pure but not homogeneous. The native enzyme showed a molecular weight of 80,000 calculated by gel filtration; disc gel electrophoresis performed in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and reducing agents showed two dissimilar subunits and the sum of thei...

Statistical graphics play a crucial role in exploratory data analysis, model checking and diagnosis. Until recently there were no formal visual methods in place for determining statistical significance of findings. This changed, when Buja et al. (2009) conceptually introduced two protocols for formal tests of visual findings. In this paper we take this a step further by comparing the lineup pro...

The total population of newly synthesized (32)P-AMP-rich RNA has been separated into two major types based on repeated fractionation on methylated albumin-kieselguhr columns. The purified D-RNA which elutes, under our experimental conditions, primarily in the salt gradient has a GMP/AMP ratio of about 0.8 and an AMP + UMP content of about 56 mole per cent. The purified TB-RNA which preferential...

Formation of mixed-ligand Pd2+ complexes between canonical nucleoside 5'-monophosphates and five metal-ion-binding nucleoside analogs has been studied by 1H-NMR spectroscopy to test the ability of these nucleoside surrogates to discriminate between unmodified nucleobases by Pd2+-mediated base pairing. The nucleoside analogs studied included 2,6-bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-, 2,6-bis(1-methylhy...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for cervical cancer, and its role in head and neck carcinoma has been reported. No drug is approved for the treatment of HPV-related diseases but cidofovir (CDV) exhibits selective antiproliferative activity. In this study, we analyzed the effects of CDV-resistance (CDVR) in two HPV(+) (SiHaCDV and HeLaCDV) and one HPV(-) (HaCaTCDV) tumor cell lines. Qu...

We consider the nonparametric model of n i. i. d. nonnegative real random variables whose distribution is unknown. An interesting parameter of that distribution is its expectation μ. Wang & Zhao (2003) studied the problem of testing the one-sided hypotheses H0 : μ ≤ μ0 vs. H1 : μ > μ0 (with a given μ0 > 0, where w.l.g. one may take μ0 = 1). For n = 1 there is a UMP nonrandomized level α test. S...

Smooth muscle tumors (SMTs) of the pleura are exceptionally rare. At present and to the best of these authors' knowledge, there are only 17 cases reported in the literature. We describe a case of a 51-year-old woman who complained of left sided pleuritic chest pain. Further, computed tomography (CT) revealed a left sided localized pleural-based mass involving the 9th rib. She underwent an inter...

A dipeptide lantibiotic, named Smb, in Streptococcus mutans GS5 was characterized by molecular genetic approaches. The Smb biosynthesis gene locus is encoded by a 9.5-kb region of chromosomal DNA and consists of seven genes in the order smbM1, -T, -F, -M2, -G, -A, -B. This operon is not present in some other strains of S. mutans, including strain UA159. The genes encoding Smb were identified as...